The Blue Devils competed this past weekend at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational hosted by Roberts Wesleyan. The men finished in 4th place out of the 25 teams competing, while the women finished in 8th place out of 23 total teams.

Junior Kyle Collins was the first finisher for Fredonia, crossing the finish line in 26:08.0. He came in 10th place overall. Kyle was followed by senior Chris Shartrand (15th place) and senior Jed Kovalovsky (20th place), with times of 26:21.1 and 26:24.7 respectively. Sophomores Bobby Cooper, 27th place in 27:03.8, and Cody Martini, 32nd place in 27:13.5, round out the top five finishers for the Blue Devils.

For the women, sophomore Bonnie Binggeli led the way finishing in 37th place with a time of 19:43.6. The rest of the top five consisted of junior Lauren Kotas, 41st in 19:53.0, sophomore Kara Hall, 47th in 20:01.8, sophomore Alyssa Stroud, 83rd in 20:41.3, and freshman Maddie Courtney, 89th in 20:45.2.

The next meet for the Blue Devils will be this Saturday, the 4th, at the Geneseo Invitational held in Letchworth State Park.

The Blue Devils XC teams raced this past weekend in the Pre-Regional meet hosted by the University of Rochester.

Junior Lauren Kotas led the way for the women, finishing in 23rd place overall with a time of 24:04. Sophomores Bonnie Binggeli and Alyssa Stroud finished with times of 25:12 and 25:44 respectively. Rounding out the top five finishers for Fredonia were sophomore Kara Hall and senior Emily Palmeri. The women finished in 11th place out of the 22 teams racing with 332 total points.

The men's team was led by senior Jed Kovalovsky, who finished in 15th place overall with a time of 26:59. Senior Zakk Hess finished 25th and Junior Kyle Collins finished 30th with times of 27:08 and 27:16 respectively. Senior Chris Shartrand and sophomore Cody Martini round out the top 5 finishers for the men, who finished in 7th place out of 24 teams with a score of 151 points.

Fredonia's next race is this Saturday, the 27th, in the Harry F. Anderson Invitational hosted by Roberts Wesleyan.

Both the Men's and Women's Cross Country teams started off the 2014 season with victories at the Fredonia XC Invite held this past weekend at Lake Erie State Park. Both teams won overall, as well as having the leading men and women cross the finish line.

On the women's side, sophomore Bonnie Bingelli was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 20:07.16 with junior Lauren Kotas coming in right behind her with a time of 20:14.59. Rounding out the top five for the women were sophomores Kara Hall, Alyssa Stroud, and Julia Johnson finishing sixth, eighth, and ninth respectively. The women won the meet with a combined score of 26.

On the men's side, senior Zakk Hess led the pack with a time of 16:12.24 while junior Collin Mulcahy finished second with a time of 16:27.56. Rounding out the top five for the men were senior Jed Kovalvsky, senior Chris Shartrand, and sophomore Bobby Cooper, finishing third, fourth, and sixth respectively. The men won the meet with a combined score of 16.

It was a strong showing from both teams to open up the season. They have this upcoming weekend off from racing, but will look to keep the momentum going heading into the Pre-Regional meet at the University of Rochester next weekend.

It's that time again! We will be hosting the Fred Ruterbusch Memorial 5K Run/Walk on October 18, 2014 during SUNY Fredonia's 2014 Homecoming/Alumni Weekend. The race will be held on campus, with the course running around the scenic SUNY Fredonia campus. We will have tables set up on campus in the Williams Center on September 19th, October 3rd, as well as October 17th, the day before the event. We will be there between 11am-2pm for early registration. All proceeds for this event will benefit the SUNY Fredonia Track & Field and Cross Country programs, so come out and support our team!Long-sleeve t-shirts will be given out to the first 200 participants to be registered for our event, so don't wait to sign up! Everyone is welcome to come down and sign up to participate in our event.